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10-29-2004, 05:27 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2004
Location: Minnesota
Distribution: Ubuntu 5.10, Mac OS X
Posts: 28
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.rpm
im a  can some explain this to me?
i use redhat 9 and sometimes when i launch a rpm file to install something such as xboard the install process starts and it will get to the checking system dependencies and it will just disappear from the screen and it doesnt finish the install |
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10-29-2004, 05:45 PM
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Member
Registered: Aug 2004
Location: New York
Distribution: --------- Gentoo-2004.2 [2.6.8] Redhat-9 [2.6.6]
Posts: 545
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Open a terminal
#rpm -ivh name_of_the_rpm.rpm [to install]
and post the output...
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10-29-2004, 05:46 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2004
Location: Minnesota
Distribution: Ubuntu 5.10, Mac OS X
Posts: 28
Original Poster
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ok ill do that in a few mins
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10-29-2004, 05:53 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2004
Location: Minnesota
Distribution: Ubuntu 5.10, Mac OS X
Posts: 28
Original Poster
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it says that -ivh is an invalid command
Last edited by compfreak221; 10-29-2004 at 05:55 PM.
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10-29-2004, 06:16 PM
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#5
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LQ Guru
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: N. E. England
Distribution: Fedora, CentOS, Debian
Posts: 16,298
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that command shouldn't be invalid. you can also try "rpm -Uvh packagename". I am suprised at the number of people using Redhat 9, because it is now so dated and contained a lot of bugs in the package manager.
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10-29-2004, 06:22 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2004
Location: Minnesota
Distribution: Ubuntu 5.10, Mac OS X
Posts: 28
Original Poster
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wait the first one works and it gives a bunch of options
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10-29-2004, 08:13 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: N. E. England
Distribution: Fedora, CentOS, Debian
Posts: 16,298
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well, it shouldn't give you a bunch of options, it should install the rpm and show you the progress of the installation.
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10-30-2004, 04:06 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2004
Location: Minnesota
Distribution: Ubuntu 5.10, Mac OS X
Posts: 28
Original Poster
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wait no i got it and the output just says it needs "chessprogram" so at least i know what it is now
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